| 词汇 | dirt cheap |
| 释义 | Idiom dirt cheap Theme: CHEAPNESS extremely cheap. (Informal.)Buy some more of those plums. They're dirt cheap.In Italy, the peaches are dirt cheap. Slang dirt cheap Theme: CHEAPNESS mod. very cheap.I picked this thing up dirt cheap.Get one of these while they're dirt cheap. Idiom dirt cheap informal extremely cheap.This may seem like a great deal of money but in advertising terms it is dirt cheap. dirt cheapVery inexpensive These shoes were dirt cheap—I found them on the clearance rack. dirt cheapextremely cheap. Buy some more of those plums. They're dirt cheap, In Italy, the peaches are dirt cheap. dirt cheapVery inexpensive, as in Their house was a real bargain, dirt cheap. Although the idea dates back to ancient times, the precise expression, literally meaning "as cheap as dirt," replaced the now obsolete dog cheap. [Early 1800s] dirt cheap mod. very cheap. Get one of these while they’re dirt cheap. dirt cheapVery inexpensive. The idea of something being as cheap as dirt dates back at least to Roman times. Petronius’s Satyricon (a.d. 60) says, “In those days food could be had for dirt” (Illo tempore annoma pro luto erat). It may already have been a cliché by the time Dickens used it in Oliver Twist (1838): “I sold myself . . . cheap, dirt cheap!” |
| 随便看 |
|
青年旅行网英语在线翻译词典收录了440382条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。